Sunday, May 31, 2015

IT'S A GO!! We hope to see you for the final event of Citizen Welles of Kenosha for Welles 100th Anniversary Memorial Walk, 1:00-4:00 today. Admission $ 5 for adults, children under 12 free with adult. Wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather - cool but sunny!!

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Unfortunately, the weather forecast is not promising for the Memorial Walk today, Saturday, May 30 - IT IS CANCELED. We hope you can make it tomorrow, Sunday, May 31 when the weather looks much better!

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

The final event for the Citizen Welles Society of Kenosha is the Welles Memorial Walk, to be held Saturday & Sunday, May 30 & 31, 1:00-4:00 pm
Admission is $5 adults; children under 12 free with adult. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes. Enter at the 7th Avenue gate.
Three generations of Orson Welles' ancestors are buried at Green Ridge Cemetery. The Memorial Walk will feature Welles' parents, Richard and Beatrice Ives Welles, his grandmother, Mary Blanche Head Wells Gottfredsen, his grand-aunt Harriet Head Yule, and his great-grandfather, Orson Sherman Head.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

KICK-OFF CELEBRATION WITH KENOSHA MAYOR KEITH BOSMAN.Wednesday May 6th • 7:00 pm Carthage College, 2001 Alford Park Dr.Kick-oﬀ celebration features Welles’s film highlights; a new short subject, “GOW: Looking For A Job,” written and directed by Spanish filmmaker Manolo Munguia; and a presentation by Patrick McGilligan, author of the upcoming book, “Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to ‘Citizen Kane’.” Mayor Keith Bosman, Alderman Jan Michalski, and the Citizen Welles Society of Kenosha welcome you to attend.Jean Hoffmann, board president of the Kenosha Cemetery Association will be presenting on the ancestors of Orson Welles who are buried at Green Ridge. FREE EVENT

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Monday, September 15, 2014

The Friends of Green Ridge present the History Walk at Green
Ridge Cemetery, Saturday & Sunday, October 4 & 5, from 1:00-4:00
pm.

The public
is welcome to come and meet characters from Kenosha's past - in the form of re-enactors
in period clothing who will tell the stories in first-person.This year's theme is "Park City and Her
Namesakes" and will feature five individuals who have City parks named for
them. $5
admission for adults; children under 12 are free with adult. Pre-registration
is recommended by calling the cemetery office at 262-652-1631 during office
hours, 9:30-3:30.Tours leave every 15 minutes
from the Green Ridge Cemetery entrance, 6604 7th Avenue.Parking is available along 7th Avenue and
66th Street. Visitors are advised to wear comfortable walking shoes and dress
for the weather.The Kenosha Cemetery Association is the
custodian of historic Green Ridge Cemetery, established in 1838 and is still an active cemetery today.